Singer Whitney Houston Dead at 48

[toadman]

Happy one-week anniversary on your sobriety, Whitney.

[fester]

Look at all the celebs and hangers on and wannabes fawning and making such a fuss about the deceased WH.

A day or two before her death, I don't remember any of them giving two shits about her or the media mentioning her at all.

Bandwagon, anyone?

[allight40]

They should of had Robert Downey Jr, Charlie Sheen, Lindsey Lohan and OJ Simpson carried the casket! Maybe that would help these dumb asses....

[bob]

But it is possible to change? I hope so LOL!

It is. People do stop drinking and/or drugging, sometimes, when things get bad enough. I did.

[MrWombat]

Just for comparison, from 1983

I hadn't really appreciated what a fine singer Dolly is - not my music. But the words are so clear, and she casually reaches those top notes with no strain whatever. This particular performance, I think, lacks emotion - she does seem to be just singing the song. And she's doing that ornamentation just for the sake of it, which female R&B singers seem to do: up and down the scale just to prove they can. But very fine technically.

[hhb3]

More Whitney Houston drama:

WHITNEY Houston has her own 24-hour armed bodyguard to protect her jewellery-filled gold coffin from grave robbers.

Fears that ghouls will plunder her resting place were triggered after it was revealed she was buried wearing up to £300,000 of jewels and designer clothes.

Daily Star: Simply The Best 7 Days A Week :: News :: WHITNEY GRAVE ROBBERS

[hhb3]

Update: Whitney Houston Ghost Contacting Her Mother

Whitney Houston's mother Cissy believes that the singer's ghost has something to say to her.

A distraught Cissy wants make a visit to the hotel suite where Whitney died and make a "spiritual" connection with her star daughter to put her spirit to rest.

"Cissy believes Whitney's ghost has something to say to her," the Daily Star quoted a close friend of the family as saying.

"She feels that if she visits the place she died she might get some closure on what her spirit wants.

"Cissy is telling family she thinks going there will let her create a spiritual connection with Whitney. She plans to pray in the bathroom where she died to try to hear what she is saying," the friend said.

Cissy is furious she will have to organise her visit around ghoulish guests who have been forking out to stay in suite 434 of the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles, where the diva died aged 48.

"She has no choice but to book in her visit to the room around other guests," a family friend said.

Cissy Houston wants to lay daughter Whitney's 'ghost' to rest - The Times of India

[Cobalt]

I hadn't really appreciated what a fine singer Dolly is - not my music. But the words are so clear, and she casually reaches those top notes with no strain whatever. This particular performance, I think, lacks emotion - she does seem to be just singing the song. And she's doing that ornamentation just for the sake of it, which female R&B singers seem to do: up and down the scale just to prove they can. But very fine technically.

I'm not a big fan of hers, but she's immensely talented. Looks, singing ability, and a gifted songwriter. She wrote the song "I will always love you" - lyrics and melody. She's the real deal.

[slowlearner]

WHITNEY Houston has her own 24-hour armed bodyguard to protect her jewellery-filled gold coffin from grave robbers.

Fears that ghouls will plunder her resting place were triggered after it was revealed she was buried wearing up to £300,000 of jewels and designer clothes.

Never understood this. You're DEAD! Jewels and fine clothes don't mean a thang now. Even the Pharohs of Egypt couldn't protect themeselves from grave robbers. Why bother?

[hhb3]

Update:

Coroner: Houston drowned after cocaine use


Whitney Houston died from an accidental drowning in a hotel bathtub, but the "effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use" were contributing factors in her death, the Los Angeles County Coroner said in an autopsy report released Thursday.

Houston, 48, was "found submerged in bathtub filled with water" and "no trauma or foul play is suspected," the coroner said.

The toxicology tests found other drugs in her body, including marijuana, the anti-anxiety drug Xanax, the muscle relaxant Flexeril and the allergy medicine Benadryl, the report said. But these drugs "did not contribute to the death," it said.

The final coroner report is expected to be made public within two weeks, the coroner said.

Houston died February 11 in her room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the day before the music industry gathered for the annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.

Coroner: Houston drowned after cocaine use – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs